noun
: a widely distributed tick ( Ixodes ricinus ) that resembles the castor-bean seed in color and shape, lives on various mammals, and is a vector of piroplasmosis and certain virus diseases of domestic animals
noun
: a widely distributed tick ( Ixodes ricinus ) that resembles the castor-bean seed in color and shape, lives on various mammals, and is a vector of piroplasmosis and certain virus diseases of domestic animals
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012